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English
Etymology
From shit + show.
Noun
shitshow (plural shitshows)
- Alternative form of shit show
2018 October 18, Peter Walker, quoting Johnny Mercer, “Leading Tory backbencher hits out at May's government”, in The Guardian:[Johnny] Mercer was blunter still about the current government, despite calling himself “inherently a team player”. “But when you go home from here on a Thursday and go for a run across Dartmoor or whatever, and you’re stripped to your core being, I mean, yeah, you realise it’s a shitshow,” he said.
2019 April 1, Philip Oltermann, quoting Michael Roth, “UK 'silver spoon' cabinet will escape Brexit fallout, says German minister”, in The Guardian:At the Social Democratic party’s (SPD) conference on Saturday, Michael Roth dispensed with diplomatic etiquette to condemn what he called the “big shitshow” of Brexit.
2021 January 10, Toby Helm, “Baffling Brexit rules threaten export chaos, Gove is warned”, in The Guardian:One leading figure involved in the talks with Gove described the new rule book as a "complete shitshow".